Oatmeal Scotchies

Choosing and Christmas presents this year was a bit easier: my mom asked me to not bake her something because she was still working on the cookies I'd made her for Mother's Day. And eventually I decided that instead of the frustrating process of making candy for the 5 cousins (I have a neat tool that allows me to melt the candy in the same container that I distribute it out of - except it's hard to get it out into the molds) I would make one batch of M&M cookies and divide it up amongst them.

I still had 7 recipes to choose (8 to make - Dad's is always easy to pick). I added to the ease by choosing Lemon Coconut Squares for Auntie Paldina (I first made them for Mom for Mother's Day 2015). And at one point in the last year, Mom mentioned to me that Kati loved Oatmeal Scotchies (oatmeal butterscotch cookies). At first I was just going to find a good Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie recipe then substitute butterscotch chips. But I couldn't find one. However, when I looked in the Nestlé Best-Loved Recipes dessert book I have for Dad's cookie, I noticed there's actually a recipe called Oatmeal Scotchies. Did not know this. Don't think I've ever noticed it in all the times I've flipped through that book.

Scotcheroos

When I was growing up we'd spend most of our 4th of Julys camping on Camano Island. My dad's high school friend's parents owned property there and my dad and all their friends had been camping there since they met. This is where I first remember having scotcheroos: peanut butter Rice Krispies treats topped with a melted chocolate-butterscotch chips mixture. I even copied the recipe from what the mom had written down - which ended up being unnecessary as it's pretty much from Rice Krispies itself.

I'd been craving them for a while so I decided to make them for Rowan Fae's annual St. Patrick's Day weekend road trip - except due to scheduling conflicts, we only had two shows on Sunday night. Oh well - these last a while so more for me!